Chapter 71

Chu Jinyao is lost and is looking for Qin Yi to ask for directions.

"Qi Ze, Qi Ze?" Chu Jinyao whispered, but Qin Yi didn't respond.

It's over. He's angry with her! Chu Jinyao was really suffering. She called a few more times. She saw that Qin Yi had not moved yet, and several servant girls of clove and Camellia were about to come in. She had to press and not mention it.

After washing, Chu Jinyao changed into a light red stand collar jacket, a ginger seven piece horse face skirt and a bright red cloak, and hurried to rongning hall.

She greeted the old lady, who nodded indifferently. Chu Jinxian also sat next to old lady Chu. Seeing her, she said, "it's the most important thing for you to learn the rules with mammy these days. Be diligent. Although mammy hasn't come yet, you can't be lazy. Go back and review your pen and ink."

After hearing this, Chu Jinyao bent over and saluted Chu Jinxian: "elder sister Xie." then she hurried to the back classroom.

Chu Jinxian reminds her to go to review her brush and ink as soon as possible... Chu Jinyao has a headache when she hears it. It seems that they had a holiday yesterday. Today they are not relaxed. In addition to learning rules, needlework brush and ink should also be practiced.

Chu Jinyao lived in a poor family for the first 13 years. Food and clothing were a problem. How can he talk about embroidery, writing and other skills that rich people can afford for recreation? However, the leakage of the house happened to rain at night. Today, several other girls seemed to have an appointment. Not long after sitting down, the seventh girl in the second room said, "Mammy, the fifth girl learned the best rules yesterday. We sisters can't catch up with her. I just don't know how her needlework, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting are. The fifth sister might as well move a few strokes casually to open our eyes!"

Before Chu Jinyao spoke, Chu Jinmiao answered, "yes, Mammy specially praised five girls yesterday. I want to come. Five girls hide deeply and have many skills that surprise us. Five girls don't want to be modest!"

Several other girls also helped. When mammy saw it, she also said, "in that case, five girls can write a few words at will."

The seven girls showed a successful smile, and Chu Jinmiao also bowed his head and smiled gently. Nowadays, literacy is the privilege of a few people. Farmers face the Loess and face the sky from generation to generation. They can speak clearly, but they are blind and can't recognize a word. Many vendors in the city are illiterate, and a few women in the back house are literate. Chu Jinyao had to do farm work at home. The daughter of this family still writes. Is it a problem to know words?

This is the consensus of the girls. The eldest girl's status is respected. In addition, she will be out of the cabinet soon. She does not participate in this selection. The second girl is a common woman in the second room. She is 15 years old. She is too old. Her character is tempered by Yan Shicao. She is basically out of the game. The third girl is Chu Jinchan, the concubine of Changxing marquis. She is just fine at the age of 14, but she is a concubine. Her identity is a little worse than the legitimate sisters.

The fourth girl is Chu Jinmiao. She has outstanding talent. She was raised by Zhao with silver money since childhood. If she didn't hold it wrong, the accompanying reading would be in her bag. However, it's such a coincidence. Chu Jinmiao is actually the daughter of the farmer Su family, not the young lady of Changxing Hou house. If her elders don't care, she can't live in Changxing Hou house anymore. After all, it's for the county leader to choose playmates. The daughter of Hou men is the best, and the daughter of a junior official with a poor identity is also normal, but it's too much to choose a farmer's daughter!

Because of this layer, Chu Jinmiao's competitiveness is greatly reduced.

The next girl of the right age is Chu Jinyao, the fifth girl. Although Chu Jinyao is a legitimate daughter, she has not been raised in the Marquis house for the first 13 years. Maybe the princess and the prince will be picky about this. Later, the six girls were the legitimate daughter of the third master. The six girls had the right talent, identity and age. It happened that her father was born to his aunt. When the old Marquis was alive, he was confused and doted on the third master's biological mother, Yang. Yang dared to lose face in the main room because of his pet. Master Chu endured it all the time. As soon as the old Marquis died, he immediately sold Yang, After three rooms also rarely have a good face. Although the sixth girl is suitable in all aspects, she is a concubine. I'm afraid it's difficult for the old lady of Chu.

Under the six girls, there are seven girls. Seven girls are the legitimate daughter of the second wife Yan. They are arrogant. Such people go to be the accompaniment of the county leader... Six girls and Chu Jinmiao think, I'm afraid, Xuan.

Seven girls are twelve years old. They are already a little younger. Next, eight girls are only six years old. Obviously, they are automatically out. So to speak, the competitive ones are big Fang Shu's three girls, Chu Jinmiao, Chu Jinyao and three Fang Di's six girls. Seven girls have been secretly crossed by many people. Each of the four of them has their own strengths, but they all have some small defects. This offset, but they are evenly matched. No one is sure to win or lose.

It's easy to say. Chu Jinmiao reached a consensus with three girls and six girls. Seven girls are not afraid. Now they work together to squeeze out one, two places under them, and the three of them fight again. It's better than a cheap outsider. Chu Jinyao, who has the highest status and the best appearance, but has no foundation because she has just returned, is the best target.

Several girls joined hands to crowd out Chu Jinyao. They all know Chu Jinyao's background. They can make stitches and lay out an invitation. It doesn't matter. Chu Jinyao can't read or write. How can such a person be a companion? The flower mother and Deng Momo are from the royal palace. In a sense, they are the eyes of the princess. As long as they destroy the impression of Chu Jin Yao in the minds of these two mama, things have already become half.

So today, Chu Jinmiao must force Chu Jinyao to write in full view of the public, so that she can completely lose her face and have no chance to recover.

Other girls also spoke enthusiastically. Mother Deng knew that she praised Chu Jinyao yesterday. Now she doesn't let Chu Jinyao do anything, I'm afraid she can't convince the public, so mother Deng smiled and looked at Chu Jinyao: "five girls, just write a few words."

Chu Jinyao completely sulked, stood up, saluted mother Deng Fu and said: "Mammy, to tell you the truth, when I was born, I was held by mistake. Under the wrong circumstances, the four girls were held back to the Marquis house, and I stayed in the farmhouse. My father just found me back at the end of the first month. I have no conditions since I was a child. I can't compare with the sisters who grew up in rich and noble countryside. I have many shortcomings in pen, ink and needle and thread. Please forgive me, Mammy."

Chu Jinmiao heard this and quickly said, "the five girls are a good source of trouble for Shuidong, but I didn't hurt you so much. Don't rely on me for anything. Even if you have to sell pity, you know that the two mammies came to choose a companion for the county leader, not a storyteller. No matter how much grievances you have, you can't think of muddling through?"

After hearing this, the seven girls also said, "yes, you can write if you want to write. What do you do when you say so much?"

Mother Hua, who taught the rules yesterday, was also there. She only knew that five girls had just returned to the house. She never thought there were many other reasons. She didn't like Chu Jinmiao for no reason. She occupied the identity and status of others. She could also say that "I didn't hurt you. You don't want anything to depend on me." This kind of bastard remark shows that she has a cold heart. However, mother Hua cherishes the diligent and sensible five girls in her heart. Seeing this scene, she can't face the five girls any more. Mother Hua is a member of the palace and takes the interests of the palace as the greatest in her heart. Although the five girls have a bumpy life experience and are distressing, it is the matter of the county leader who is more important. She is illiterate and can't write Girl, I can't be a companion to their county leader.

Mother Hua planned to speak to help Chu Jinyao out. Although her opening resolved the embarrassment for Chu Jinyao, it also meant admitting that Chu Jinyao was illiterate and eliminating Chu Jinyao. Mother Hua's words reached her throat, but she heard Chu Jinyao say, "I just let mammy forgive my bad words. Why did she say I wouldn't?"

With that, Chu Jinyao picked up her pen, stained it with ink, and wrote a line of words on the paper.

Mother Hua and mother Deng were both subdued by Chu Jinyao's poise. They immediately came forward to see. Several other girls were surprised, looked at each other, and all surrounded. They saw that on the rice paper in front of Chu Jinyao, it was written: "you know horsepower from a distance."

Although her characters are young, lucky and unfamiliar, they are indeed correct and comprehensive. They have been practiced at first sight. Although they are not good, they can be seen when they are taken out.

This can be described as a winding road and a bright future. Mother Hua believes that Chu Jinyao is illiterate, and her expectations are very low. After Chu Jinyao writes the words skillfully and smoothly, these words greatly exceed mother Hua's expectations. On the contrary, mother Hua is overjoyed and more excited than seeing the clean and delicate hairpin Xiaokai next to her.

Moreover, this sentence is a pun. It's wonderful.

Chu Jinyao knew she had passed the test when she saw the faces of mother Deng and mother Hua. She was secretly relieved, put down her pen and smiled at Chu Jinmiao: "I've never complained about miss four. I don't think you occupied the magpie's nest and hurt me here. On the contrary, it's miss four. It seems that you can't care about it all the time. Now in front of the sisters and two mammies, I might as well say it directly. I don't mind your existence, and miss four doesn't have to be different from me all the time."

Chu Jinmiao's face was very ugly. He couldn't make it. Instead, he was bitten by Chu Jinyao. Seeing the situation, the three girls and six girls agreed privately immediately abandoned Chu Jinmiao and picked themselves out.

Chu Jinyao looked at Chu Jinmiao's face and secretly said, "deserve it!" but she still looked upright and continued to say in a loud voice: "I can't control what miss four thinks of me. Today you deliberately mentioned me among the sisters and asked me to write. I'm stupid and can't figure out why miss four did this. Maybe it's to make me show my face in front of Mammy. I'll thank you first!"

Having said that, Chu Jinyao turned and saluted Mammy and said, "Mammy, my words can't be on the table. Instead, I'm four girls. I've been familiar with poetry and books since childhood. I'm a real talented girl. You must not misunderstand the Changxing Marquis house because of my words. The pen and ink of our four girls are the model among the girls in Changxing Marquis house!"

The other girls said, "you're not stupid at all. First you buy money and then you wear a high hat. Isn't this very skilled? Fortunately, Chu Jinyao is targeting Chu Jinmiao. If Chu Jinyao joins hands to hurt all her people just now, the girls will join hands to deal with her, but Chu Jinyao only targets Chu Jinmiao. The other girls see that the War didn't burn themselves On the contrary, he abandoned the alliance and watched the play himself.

Chu Jinyao thought in her heart that this was what Qin Yi said. It's impossible to encircle Wei and save Zhao. It's impossible to be surrounded by everyone and fight back angrily. Only by staring at one of them, can we alienate each other, break each other, and finally turn defeat into victory.

Chu Jinyao sighed silently. Qin Yi is really a talent. It's too inferior to put him in the back house for intrigue.

Chu Jinyao's countermeasures are very useful. The isolated people immediately become Chu Jinmiao. Chu Jinmiao never expected that Chu Jinyao could write. It seems that she is still an old hand. She was so angry that she decided that Chu Jinyao deliberately pretended to be a pig and ate a tiger to make a fool of them. But she fell into Chu Jinyao's plan and pushed her out in front of the two mammies. If she successfully pushed Chu Jinyao out, it's OK. Now Chu Jinyao is good and has won Mammy's eyes by fighting back with her handwriting. Chu Jinmiao has become a thorn in the eye. Chu Jinmiao was secretly worried. Today, she really lost her wife and broke her soldiers. She didn't squeeze Chu Jinyao out. She still left a bad impression in Mammy's heart. She had to find a way to make up for it.

So Chu Jinmiao blessed herself and said to Mammy, "it's a shame."

Chu Jinmiao picked up his pen and tried his best to write down a part of the women's ring carefully and carefully. She has tried her best to come up with her best level. However, Chu Jinyao is in trouble with Chu Jinmiao. Chu Jinyao then holds Chu Jinmiao high. Unconsciously, the two mammies' expectations of Chu Jinmiao have increased a lot. When they see Chu Jinmiao's words again, although they are much better than Chu Jinyao's, their expectations are high, but they feel ordinary.

Mother Deng said faintly, "OK." she asked Chu Jinmiao to sit down.

Chu Jinmiao immediately turned green and red on his face, which was very ugly.

After school, Chu Jinyao just met Chu Jinmiao when she went out. Chu Jinyao stopped and deliberately said, "four sisters, why don't you go first?"

Chu Jinyao's voice is not low. Many servant girls around look in this direction. Chu Jinmiao has just been said by Chu Jinyao, "I don't mind you, and you don't have to be different from me all the time". If she really embarrasses Chu Jinyao at this time, isn't it the name of her making trouble for Chu Jinyao? Chu Jinmiao was slightly trembling with anger, but she looked at Chu Jinyao's eyes and easily saw a smile from the bottom of each other's eyes.

She did it on purpose! Chu Jinmiao clenched her teeth and thought, it seems that she underestimated Chu Jinyao.

Chu Jinmiao smiled stiffly and said, "we are all close sisters. I always treat five sisters as my own sister. How can I care about these with you? Five girls go first."

Chu Jinyao pursed her lips, smiled sweetly at Chu Jinmiao, and then took the servant girl away.

After walking away, Chu Jinyao took the servant girl far away and quietly said to Qin Yi, "you're so powerful! You guessed it."

Qin Yi gave a low "um". He thought to himself that he was the legitimate son of the empress of the Yuan Dynasty. He grew up watching the concubines fight in the palace. These small fights in the back house can't even compare with the little finger of the concubine in the palace. With him watching, can Chu Jinyao still be calculated by these suckling girls?

I despise him too much.

Qin Yi has been trying to get out of here.

The red catkins in Chu Jinyao's jade pendant are nearly half less, while Qin Yi feels that his injury is far from enough. The meaning behind this makes people shudder. Can you raise the soul after the red catkins are consumed? Qin Yi doesn't want to gamble.

What's more, he can't recover indefinitely. He has been unconscious for a long time. Once the news becomes big, it will be difficult. Qin Yi even thought about going back to his body like this, but he didn't know how to get rid of the jade pendant. Chu Jinyao was a girl, and he couldn't let the other party take him near his body and replace him with a man of the Chu family.

Qin Yi thinks about his own affairs, but Chu Jinyao knows nothing. She doesn't know what Qin Yi is worried about. When she saw Changxing Hou, she was just surprised for a moment. The next moment she cleaned up her look and saluted Changxing Hou respectfully: "I've seen my father."

Changxing Hou was obviously surprised to see Chu Jinyao. After a month's absence, Chu Jinyao turned out to be like this?

Changxing Hou looked at Chu Jinyao at the top and bottom, and finally said with a satisfied smile: "yes, it's mellow, and it's not as thin as it used to be. Very good."

Chu Jinyao's biggest regret now is that she is still a little black. As her body gradually recovered, Chu Jinyao was no longer thin and thin, and her true appearance was revealed step by step. After all, she was the daughter of the Marquis of Changxing and the Zhao family. She was an aristocrat in her time, and her foundation must be good. However, Chu Jinyao is more beautiful than her compatriots and sisters, that is, Chu Jinxian. Her eyes are very long. They are round, but the corners of her eyes are slightly hooked. They are very beautiful. Her eyes are very dark and moist. When she doesn't smile, they glow. When she smiles, it seems that thousands of stars fall into her eyes, which can simply bask in people's hearts. Chu Jinyao is only thirteen this year. When she grows longer and raises white, it will be more amazing.

Changxing Hou nodded secretly. He put down the tea lamp in his hand and said to Zhao sitting aside, "you have raised her very well, especially in good manners. You have put your heart into it."

Zhao's smile was a little stiff. Zhao cleaned up early this morning. She was dressed up and dressed very brightly. But Changxing Hou didn't pay attention to her mind. Instead, he had been drinking tea without salt. Zhao's heart was inevitably depressed. But Zhao did not expect that when Chu Jinyao came, he was looked at by Hou Haosheng of Changxing. Zhao's rare praise is still because of Chu Jinyao.

Chu Jinyao was also flattered. After Qin Yi instructed her, she hid in the house and practiced until Qin Yi was satisfied. Chu Jinyao thought it was the standard of aristocratic family, but in fact, it contained many personal preferences.

Changxing Hou felt that Chu Jinyao raised her neck when she saluted and walked, and did not speak evasively. Although she was not loyal and gentle enough, she was much more pleasing to the eye than ordinary women. If he is a servant girl in the concubine's room, Changxing Hou likes women who are shy and submissive and have a low posture, but instead of his legitimate daughter, he likes girls who are bright and gorgeous and look up and keep their chest straight. Chu Jinyao does a good job. Chu Jinxian was taught by an old man. Although the rules are good, Changxing Hou feels that his eldest daughter is too quiet and dignified. Chu Jinmiao is cold and bitter. When walking, his sleeves are floating back and forth. Although he has the posture of weak willow supporting the wind, Changxing Hou doesn't feel healthy.

There are two sets of standards for women and daughters.

The three sisters were there, but they praised Chu Jinyao alone. Chu Jinxian and Chu Jinmiao inevitably had some difficulties on their faces. Chu Jinyao was praised without any arrogance. Instead of taking a seat, she went to Chu Jinxian to say hello: "elder sister."

Chu Jinxian nodded. She was her eldest daughter. How could she care about such small things? She said, "I can see that you have worked hard recently. It's good. You just came back. Don't worry. Just learn slowly. Don't live up to your father's expectations."

"Sister Xie."

Chu Jinyao greets Chu Jinmiao again. In fact, their identity is somewhat embarrassing. Although Chu Jinmiao ranks higher than Chu Jinyao, in fact, she is not Chu Jinyao's sister. Chu Jinyao gave Chu Jinmiao enough face in front of so many people. Chu Jinmiao reluctantly stood up and returned with the courtesy of his peers.

When Changxing Hou saw his own legitimate daughters asking each other for gifts, he was very proud. He nodded to Chu Jinxian with satisfaction: "xian'er has the wind of elder sister more and more. In this way, when he comes to his husband's house, his father won't worry about you."

Chu Jinxian is seventeen this year. She made an appointment with her cousin as early as thirteen years old. Now she will be out of the cabinet soon. Chu Jinxian stood up and said, "thank you, father."

Chu Jinmiao's face is not very good-looking. What does this mean? First I praised Chu Jinyao for being polite, and then I praised Chu Jinxian for being warm, which means that you and I are respectful and friendly, and Chu Jinmiao is completely an outsider? She's not her own daughter, so she won't even say a good word?

Zhao Shi also felt uncomfortable. Seeing Chu Jinmiao's face embarrassed, she painfully covered her hand on Chu Jinmiao's back.

No one noticed Zhao's mother and daughter's actions, because the common daughter and aunts came in. A group of people packed the room. Because of the presence of Changxing Marquis, several young masters also came. As usual, they are staggered with the girls to say hello. Now there is Changxing Hou, so they don't have to avoid it.

Changxing Hou looked at his wives, concubines and children. He was satisfied. He stood up and said loudly, "let's go and have dinner."

You don't need to greet old lady Chu today. You don't have to worry about dinner. Besides, only their own people pay much less attention to the dinner table, and there is no need to avoid eating and sleeping. The second young master lost his appetite after a few chopsticks. He asked Changxing Hou, "father, you were rare a few days ago. What are you doing?"

Hearing the second young master's question, many people stopped their chopsticks and looked at Changxing Hou. It seems that since Chu Jinyao came back, Changxing Hou was suddenly so busy that he didn't even come to the back house several times. Zhao's wife, Huang's and Furong's aunts, all want to know what's going on.

Changxing Hou sighed, "it's not for his royal highness."

Your highness? The people of the Chu family were a little surprised. Zhao asked, "good, how did you get involved with the crown prince?"

Although it was said that this was a private affair of the heavenly family and should not be arranged, in fact, almost all provincial officials knew it. Shanxi knows more because of its favorable location.

This is at home, surrounded by wives, concubines and children. Changxing Hou felt it was unnecessary to avoid it and directly said: "In June, beizhili sent troops from Shanxi to join the Fifth Army camp. They were practicing together with the 3000 battalion and the Shenji camp. The emperor took the empress of the back palace to watch on the wall. This was originally a good thing for Yang Guowei. It was rare for the soldiers below to see the emperor and show their faces in front of the emperor and the empress. The Shenji camp also took out a lot of firearms to show off. Empress No When I saw a firearm, it was very novel. I asked someone to come and perform. "

When Changxing Hou said this, he took up tea and moistened his mouth. Chu Jinyao didn't understand the palace and officialdom, but she didn't seem quite right.

I'm afraid the scale of this exercise is not small, and the generals and soldiers are heroes who serve the country and the people and protect the frontier. The queen thought it was novel and fun, so she called the people of Shenji camp to perform for her... Is this a show?

Chu Jinyao thinks it's wrong, but she secretly looks at others and doesn't look different. Chu Jinyao doesn't know what's going on, so she doesn't make a sound and listens silently.

Changxing Hou put down the tea lamp and continued: "things were good here. My mother likes it. Then we ministers should do it. The Shenji camp demonstrates below. The emperor and queen see the rise and let people beat drums to cheer up. A very respectable maid in front of the queen takes the initiative to ask for orders. The emperor's dragon heart is happy, so it's OK."

When Changxing Hou said this, others couldn't help saying "ah". This... Is ridiculous. What's the style of letting a woman play drums for military worship?

Obviously, the Marquis of Changxing also thought it absurd, but empress Qi was favored. The emperor became more and more superstitious about alchemists in recent years. After doting on empress Qi, he didn't even care about the affairs of the dynasty. On that day, everyone felt that it was inappropriate. They watched a woman playing drums on the city wall with laughter. The emperor also talked and laughed with empress Qi. They were very happy. Even the chief assistant of the cabinet could only laugh with him and dared not say more.

"His Highness the crown prince was there that day. When the crown prince saw the maiden beating the drum, he went directly to the city wall to find the emperor and empress. According to the adults accompanying the city wall that day, the crown prince and the emperor said that the drum was an important weapon to inspire the hearts of the army, not a plaything. The army lined up, but a woman was laughing and beating the drum in front of the array. What's the matter? The emperor was not very happy, and the empress might be angry with that plaything The emperor's face was also very bad. Seeing that the situation was wrong, the cabinet hurried out to speak for his highness, and the Taifu asked the prince to go down first. "Changxing Hou sighed and said, "Who could have thought that the prince was fine at that time, and the adults thought it was all right. Who knew that the prince took two steps, suddenly grabbed the bow and arrow from the bodyguard, turned around and directly shot the palace maid to death. The imperial front saw blood. At that time, the chief auxiliary and the commander of the royal guards were scared white, and the women screamed. Tens of thousands of soldiers below saw the dead people on the wall, and they were all in a commotion."